Six-time Grand Slam champion Kristina Mladenovic of France will compete within the $40,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event to be performed on the Ganesh Naik Sports Complex from Monday.

The 30-year-old Mladenovic was ranked a profession finest No. 1 in doubles and No. 10 in singles in 2017. She had gained 4 French Open and two Australian Open doubles titles in her glittering profession. She had additionally made the doubles finals of Wimbledon and US Open.

Ranked 239 for the time being, Mladenovic is seeded third in singles behind Ekaterina Makarova and Moyuka Uchijima.

Rutuja Bhosale and Sahaja Yamalapalli have been seeded sixth and eighth respectively.

It would be the third event in a row to be organised by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) after those in Mumbai and Solapur.

“The tournament will have players from 18 countries”, stated event director Dilip Rane.

MSLTA secretary Sunder Iyer identified that in ten editions of the event, the occasion had attracted such good gamers from overseas hat an Indian has not but managed to win the title.

Vaidehi Chaudhari, Zeel Desai and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty are the opposite Indians to have gained direct entry into the event.

The wild playing cards have been given to Vaishnavi Adkar, Akanksha NItture and Suhitha Maruri.